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BR receives fed grant to close Washington St exit
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:42 pm
But will move it over to the left side now.
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BATON ROUGE - A federal grant will help fund changes on I-10, Congressman Garret Graves announced in a news release Tuesday. Sixty-million dollars will be used to facilitate closing the existing Washington Street exit in Baton Rouge and building a new, left exit for the Old South Baton Rouge community under the interstate south of downtown. The Washington Street exit is often debated as the reason that I-10 eastbound essentially becomes one lane off the river bridge as it merges with I-110. Graves' office said the money will be used to solve that situation, a reason traffic bottlenecks in the city.
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Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:43 pm to burgeman
Too late
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:43 pm to burgeman
Gary Chambers gonna be mad about this one.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:45 pm to burgeman
We don't need an exit there at all.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:45 pm to AbitaFan08
Can't wait to hear Chambers portray this as dividing Baton Rouge
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:45 pm to burgeman
Perfect.
Maybe my Grandchildren will be old enough to drive by the time it's actually completed.
ETA: For the record, I'm 31 and have zero children yet.
Maybe my Grandchildren will be old enough to drive by the time it's actually completed.
ETA: For the record, I'm 31 and have zero children yet.
This post was edited on 7/5/16 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:46 pm to fr33manator
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We don't need an exit there at all.
Entitled to one.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:46 pm to burgeman
quote:In 1968 it cost $46m ($320m today) to build the whole damn bridge. About half of this will end up in politians' pockets.
Sixty-million dollars will be used to facilitate closing the existing Washington Street exit in Baton Rouge and building a new, left exit
This post was edited on 7/5/16 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:47 pm to burgeman
I'm sure you "engineers" will be shocked when it doesn't happen, and if it did, wouldn't help at all.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:51 pm to Tactical1
I HATE THAT FREAKIN' BOTTLENECK!!
ok, hopefully something will get done, but I'm sure it'll suck more while construction is happening. 190 here I come!
ok, hopefully something will get done, but I'm sure it'll suck more while construction is happening. 190 here I come!
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:52 pm to fr33manator
quote:
We don't need an exit there at all.
I agree. The area is served via Nicholson/Highland exit on I-10 EB and Government St. on I-110 SB.
But, with the politics at play I'll settle for moving it to the left side and further North so that it doesn't impact the I-10 EB flow.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:55 pm to burgeman
Won't help stupid people learn how to merge.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:55 pm to Golfer
quote:Dalrymple is less than 1000 feet away. And it serves Washington Street just fine.
The area is served via Nicholson/Highland exit on I-10 EB and Government St. on I-110 SB.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:56 pm to burgeman
Puts Baton Rouge a step closer to attracting a Super Bowl to be played in Tiger Stadium.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:56 pm to burgeman
quote:
The Washington Street exit is often debated as the reason that I-10 eastbound essentially becomes one lane off the river bridge as it merges with I-110.
What the shite does this sentence mean? Who debates this?
This post was edited on 7/5/16 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:57 pm to ell_13
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Dalrymple is less than 1000 feet away. And it serves Washington Street just fine.
That too, I figured listing two of the three would convey the idea that the exit is absolutely pointless.
Posted on 7/5/16 at 2:05 pm to burgeman
80% of it will go towards nothing related to the exit
Posted on 7/5/16 at 2:09 pm to Golfer
quote:The irony of it is that Dalrymple is a completely serviceble exit for West bound traffic but not for East bound to these idiots. I know you have Louise too, but the distance to Washington between the two is equal.
That too, I figured listing two of the three would convey the idea that the exit is absolutely pointless.
This post was edited on 7/5/16 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 7/5/16 at 2:13 pm to burgeman
I'm dumbfounded by this whole thing. If that was my neighborhood, I would be ecstatic if there were a proposal to remove an interstate exit directly into my neighborhood. Who wants an interstate exit in their neighborhood? I understand that these people won't pass up an opportunity to claim racism, but this is completely illogical.
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